| Iridescent gem |
OPAL |
| Labor leader? |
MOTHER |
| Lane’s Daily Planet co-worker |
KENT |
| Like some dorm rooms and divorces |
MESSY |
| Linguist Chomsky |
NOAM |
| Machu Picchu locale |
PERU |
| Made fast |
MOORED |
| Major-___ |
DOMO |
| Marking on Soviet rockets |
CCCP |
| Neighbor of Braz. and Arg |
URU |
| Not supporting |
ANTI |
| Old anesthetic |
ETHER |
| Overtake |
GOPAST |
| Party time, maybe |
EVE |
| Peculiar |
ODD |
| Phone reading |
EMAIL |
| Polite denial |
NOSIR |
| Pressure point? |
PEER |
| Response to oversharing found in this puzzle’s starred answers |
TMI |
| Rude way to chew gum |
NOISILY |
| Schwarzenegger, jokingly |
AHNOLD |
| Shakespearean sprite |
ARIEL |
| Shirkers for workers |
GOOFOFFS |
| Singer LaBelle |
PATTI |
| Smarted |
STUNG |
| Sound of impact |
BAM |
| Sporty Chevys |
VETTES |
| Stubborn equine |
ASS |
| Tolstoy heroine Anna |
KARENINA |
| Trendy oil ingredient derived from marijuana |
CBD |
| Trying to break a tie, informally |
INOT |
| Unfairly manipulated, as the system |
GAMED |
| Unit of illuminance |
LUX |
| Verse form used by Dante |
SESTINA |
| Victim of a 2006 demotion |
PLUTO |
| Was of use |
AVAILED |
| Was the lead singer of |
FRONTED |
| ___ Alamos |
LOS |